The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great.
EDMUND BURKENothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
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To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.
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Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.
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The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
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Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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Turn over a new leaf.
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Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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There is no safety for honest men, but by believing all possible evil of evil men, and by acting with promptitude, decision, and steadiness on that belief.
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The great inlet by which a colour for oppression has entered into the world is by one man’s pretending to determine concerning the happiness of another.
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